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There is no Heart, However Rude
BY FINLRY JOHNSON*.
There i? no heart, however rude,
Within u Atorld like this,
Hut what can find some happy scenes
To fill its depths with bliss;
To shed abroad the light of love
Throughout its deepest cell;
To find within its chambers wide
A place for tovc to dwell.
As flowers seont the evening air
With sw eet and fresh perfume;
As they expand before the sun,
And in their beauty bloom ;
So in the heart, however rude,
The light of love still gleams ;
Ami by its rays gives peace to all
licnealli its sunny beams.
There is no heart, however loved
By sorrow's crushing weight.
But wlrnt has felt within this lil'w
A far m >re happy state ;
And which has memories of the past
To love and call its own ;
The joys of which they would not change
To till a monarch's throne.
Then there's no heart, however rude,
Within a world like this,
But what can find some happy scenes
To hi! its depths with bliss;
To take the sting from sorrow's hour,
To drive dull care away ;
Yea, even as the morning's dew
At the approach of day.
|Militiral.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
OK
PRESIDENT BUCHANAN.
FAtoW'ClfitGNS?I appear before you
this'nay to take the solemn oath that I will
faithfully execute the office of President of
the United Slates, and will, to the he^t of
tny nhility, preserve, protect and defend t lie
Constitution of the United States. In enter
ing upon this great otlice, I must humbly
invoke the God of our Fathers for wisdom
nnd firmness to execute its high and responsible
duties in such a manner as to restore
harmony and the ancient friendship among
the people of the several States, and to prekai-vu
our free institutions tliromrhout manv
r # O J
generations. Convinced that I owe my election
to the inherent love of tho Constitution
end the Union which still animates the
hearts of the American people, let mo earnestly
ask their poweiful support in sustaining
all just measures calculated to perpetuate
these, the richest political blessings
which Heaven has ever bestowed upon any
nation.
Having determined uot to become a candidate
for re-election, I shall have no motive
y> influence my conduct in administering the
government except the desire ably and faith
fully to aerve my country, and to live in the
grateful memory of mv countrymen. We
have recently passed through a Presidential
contest in which the passiotjs of our fellow.citizens
were excited to the highest degree
by questiona?ot Ueep and vital importance;
but when the people proclaimed their will,
the tempest at once subsided, and all wait
calm. , ? ,
The voice of the majority, speaking in the
manner prescribed by the Conntitution, was
heard, and instant submission followed. Our
own country could alone have exhibited so
grand and atriking a spectacle of the capacity
of man for self-government. What a
happy conception then was it for Congress
to apply this simple rule, that the will of
the majority shaii govern t0[ the settlement
qf the question of domestic slavery in the
Territories, Congress is neither to legislate
slavery into any Territory or State, nor to
esctude it therefrom, but to leave the people
thereof perfectly free to form and regulate
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their dotnceiio institutions in their own way? p
subject only to the Constitution of the Uni- t
ted States. A* a nntuial consequence. Con- t
gress has also prescribed that xhen the Territory
of Kansas shall l?e admitted as a o
State, it shall l>e admitted into the Union d
with or without slavery as their Constitution tl
may prescribe at the time of their admission. I
A difference of opinion has arisen in re- a
gard to the time when the people of a terri c
lory shall decide this question for themselves, p
This is, happily, a matter of but little prgc it
tical importance, and. t*esides, it is a judicial d
question which legitimately belongs to the d
Supreme Court of the United States, before J
whom it is now pending, and will, it is un- f:
derslood, ho speedily and finally settled. To
their ilpdninn in rninmnii <& ! ! nil ?.?.1 ?
, ... *<1111 oil Ull V
izens, ! shall cheerfully submit whatever thin ?
may be; though it has been my individual o
opinion that under the Nebraska-Kansas is
act, the appropriate period will l>e when the p
number of actual residents in the Territory p
shall justify the formation of a Constitution f
with a view to its admission as a State into t
the Union. Hut be this as it may, it is the t
imperative and indispensable duty of the s
government of the United States to secure r
to every resident inhabitant the free nnd in- p
dependant expression of his opinion by his n
vote. c
This sacred right of each individual must tl
be preserved. This being accomplished, o
nothing can be fairer than to leave the peo- t
pie of a tcriitory free from all foreign inter- t
ference to decide their own destiny for them- n
selves, subject only to the Constitution of a
the United Slates. The whole territoiial c
question lieiug thus settled upon the principle
of popular sovereignty?a principle as p
tree government itself?everything of a prac l?
tieal nature has been decided, ami no other e
question remains for adjustment, because all n
agiee that under the Constitution, slavery ir. C
the States is beyond the reach of any human u
power, except that of the respective States t1
themselves, wherein it exists. May we not "
then hope that the long agitation on this li
subject is approaching its end, and that the f
geographical parties to which it has given <3
birth, so much dreaded by the Father of his ?
Country, will speedily become extinct. c
Most happy wjll it be for the country t
when the public mind shall bediveited from t
this question to others of pressing and more ?
practical importance. Throughout the whole *
progress of this agitation, w hich has scarcely ?
known any intermission for more than twe-n I 1
ty years, whilst it has been productive of no f
positive good to any human being, it lias t
i?een the prolific source of great evils to the 1
master, to the slave and to the whole coun- ?
try ; it has alienated and estranged the peo- ?
pie of the sister States from each other, and '
lias even setionsly endangered the very existence
of the Union?uor has the danger yet v
entirely ceased. 1
Under our system there is a remedy for }
all mere political evils in the sound sense c
and sober judgment of the people. Time is
a great corrective. The political subjects *
which but a few years ago excited and ex- I
asperated the public mind, have passed away,
and are now nearly forgotten?but ?
this question of domestic slavery is of far <
greater importance than any mere political <
question, because, should the Rgitalion con- f
tinue, it may eventually end augur the per- >
? e. e .. i *
wum oniviy ui Jt IHrgU JKjrilOU Ot OUT countrymen
where the institution exists. In that
event, no fo?m of government, however admissable
in itself, however productive of ina
terial benefits, can compensate for the loss
of peace and domestic security around the
family altar. I jet every Union-loving man
therefore exert Ins best influence to suppress
this agitation, which, since the recent legislation
of Congress, is without any legitimate
object.
It is an evil of the times that men have
undertaken to calculate the mere material
value of the Union. Iveasoned estimates have
been presented of the pecuniary profits and
local advantages which would result to dif
forent States and sections, from its dissolution
and of the comparative injuries which
such an event would inflict on other States
| and sections. Even descending to this low
| and narrow vjew of the mighty question, all
such calculations are at fault. The bare ref.
erence to a single consideration will be conclusive
on this point. <
. We at present enjoy a free fade through- I
out our extensive and expansive country I
such as the world never witnessed. Tina i
trade is conducted on railroads and canals,
on noble rivers and arms of the sea, which |
bind together the North and the South, the 1
East and the West ofopr confederacy. An- |
nihilate this trade, arrest its free progress by I
the geographical lines of jealous and hostile i
States, and you destroy the prosperity and I
onward march of the whole and every part,
and involve all in one common ruin.
But such considerations, important as I
they are in themselves, sink roto iusignifi- ,i
cance ybci) we yetlect on the terrific evil* i
which would result (toy) disunion to evary J
portion of the Confederacy?to the North i
not inore than ?to the South?t<r the #ast I
not ityore U?n to the West. These I shall <
not attempt to portray, bccauso I feel an |
humble confidence that the kind Provideooe j
which inspired our fanners with wisdom to i
fraino the most perfect form of government i
and union ever devjsed by roan, wi)l not i
suffer it to perish uuti) it sbAll have been t
eacefully im-trumeotal, l?y Us example, in
he extension of civil nud religious liberty I
hronghont lite world. <
Nexl in importance to the maintainanec I
f the Constitution and the Union, is the '
uty of preserving the government free from I
he taint or even the suspicion of corruption, i
'ublic virtue is the vital spirit of Republics, :
nd history proves that when this has deayed
and the love of money has usurped its 1
lace, although the forms of free government |
nay remain for ft sttsunn, the substance has i
eparted forever. Our present financial conition
is without a parallel in history, No J
Jation has ever beforo beet) embarrassed I
ront too large a surplus iu the treasury, 1
This almost necessarily gives birth to ex- 1
ravaganl legislation. It produces wild >
cheineH of expenditures, and begets a race. 1
f speculators and jobbers, whose ingenuity >
i exerted in contriving and promoting ex- i
edients to obtain the public money. The I
arty through its official agents, whether 1
ighlfully or wrongfully, is suspected, and 1
he character of the Government suffers in
11*3 CTiimnwon 01 me people. This is in it 1
elf a tery great evjl. The natural mode of |
elief from this embarrassment, is to approbate
the surplus in the Treasury to great 1
ational objects, for which a clear warrant I
an be found in the Constitution. Among i
liese. 1 might mention the extinguishment :
f the public debt; a reasonable increase of 1
be Navy, which is at pieseni inadequate to
be protection of our vast ton^ge afloat?
iow greater than that of any otlnr nation,
s well as the defence of our extended sea
oast.
It is beyond all question the true princi-^
ile that no more revenue ought to be col
cted from the people than the amount necesarv
to defray the expenses of a wise, eco
lomical, and efficient administration ?>f the
iovernuient. To reach this point it was
ecessary to resort to a modification of the
aril)', and this has been accomplished in
uch a manner to as little injury as may
lave been practical to our domestic manuscturea,
especially those necessary for the
lefence of the country. Any discrimination
,gainst a pailicular branch tor the purpose
>f benefitting favored corporations, individmls
or interests, would have been unjust to
he rest of the community, and inconsistent
vith that spirit of fairness and equality
vhich ought to govern in the adjustment of;
i rnvft??n/? ??> ? *
. .v.v..uc iu1111 , uui me squandering ol the
tublic money sjnk* into comparative insig
liticance, as a temptation to corruption,
vhen compared with the squandering of the
>ubiic lands. No nation iu the tide of lime
ihs ever been blessed with so rich and noble
id inhciitance as we eijoy in the public
ands.
In administering this important trust,
v lii 1st it may be wise to grant portions of
hem for the improvement of the remainder, |
et we should never forget that it is our j
ardinal policy to reserve tlie.se lands as i
nueli as may be, for actual settlers, and this 1
it moderate prices. We shall thus not on- I
y best promote the prosperity of the new 1
Stales by furnishing them a hardy and inlependent
race of honest and industrious
'.itizens, hut shall secure homes for our chil
Iren, and our children's children, as well as
or those exiles from foreign shores, who
nay wek in this country to improve their
tondition, and to enjoy the blessings of civ1
and religious liberty. Such emigrants
lave done much to promote the growth and
prosperity of the country. They have proved
faithful botli iu |>eace and in war. After
Mcoming citizens they are entitled, under ,
he Constitution an<l laws, to he placed on
jXjiffct equality with native-lami citizens,'
trx.1 in this character they should ever be j
Kindly recognized.
The federal constitution is a grant from 1
he States to Congress to certain specific !
powers, and the question whether this grant|
diall l>e liberally or strict!* construed has, |
note or less, divided political parties froi? j
the beginning. Without entering into the1
irguinent, I desire to state at the commencement
of my administration, that long esperience
anu observation has convincod ine
bat a strict construction of the powers of
the government is the only truo as well as
the only safe theory of the constitution.
Whenever in our past history doubtful pow?rs
have been exercised by Congress, they
have never failed to produce injuries and un
happy consequences. Many such instances
might be add need if this were the proper
occasion. Neither is it necessary for tti?
public service to strain the language of the
constitution because all the great and useful
powers required foi a successful administration
of the government, both in peace and
ip war. have been granted cither in express
term* or by the plainest implication.
Whilst deeply convinced of these truths,
I yet consider it clear, that under tha war
making power Congress may appropriate
money towards the construction of a military
road, whep '* absolutely necessary
[qf defence of any State or Territory of
the Union against foreign invasion. Under
the Constitution Congress has power la .dodare
war, to raise and support armies, to
provide apd maintain a navy, and to call
forth the militia to repe) invasion). This
mdowod in an ample manner with the war
making power, the corresponding .duty is
equired tbat the United States shall protect
tacit of them (the States) again*t Invasion.
How is it possible to afford this protection j i
to California and our pacific possession*, ex?l I
cept by means of n military road through |
the territory of the United Slates, over which
men and munitions of war may he sj?eedily
transported from the Atlantic States to meet
and repel the invader I In case of war with
a naval power much stronger than our own.
wc should then have no other available access
to the Pacific coast; because such a '
power would instantly close the route across
the Isthmus of Central America.
It is impossible to conceive that whilst '
the Constitution has expressly required Con- '
jress to defend all t|io Slates, it should yet
deny to thorn by any fair construction the !
t>niy possible mean* by whicli one of tlie.se 1
Slnles can be defended. Besides, the Gov :
ernnient, ever since its origin, lias been in
the constant practice of constructing inilUa 1
ry roads. It might also be wise to consider ^
the love for the Union, which now animated !
our fellow-citizens on the Pacific coast, may 1
not be impaired by our neglect, or refusal to '
provide for them in their remote and isolated
condition, the only means bv which the
power of the States on this side of the Rock\
Mountains can reach them in sufficient Mini'
to protect them against invasion. I forbear,
for the present, from expressing an opinion
as to the wisest and most economical mode
in which the Government can lend its aid in
accomplishing this great and necessary '
woik. I believe that many difficulties in 1
the way, which now appear formidable, will
in a great degree vanish, as soon as the
nearest and best route shall have been satisfactorily
ascertained. It may be right that
on this occasion I should make some biicf
remarks as to our rights and duti?s is a
member of the great family of nations.
In our intercourse with them there are
some plain principles approved by our own
experience from which we should never depart.
We ought to cultivate peace, commerce
and friendship with all nations, and
this not merely as the best means of promoting
our own national interest, but in a
spirit of christian benevolence towards fellow-men
wherever their lot may be cast
*_oir uipiomacy snouia i>e airect and trunk
?neither seeking to obtain more, nor accepting
less than is our due. We ought to
cherish a sacred regard for the Independence
of all nations, and nevar attempt to interfere
in the domestic concerns of any, unless this
shall be imperatively required by the great
law of self preservation.
To avoid entangling alliances has been a
maxim of our policy ever since the days of
Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt
to dispute. In short, we ought to do
justice in a kindly spirit to all nations, and
requite justice from them in return. It is
our glory, that while other nations have ex
tended their dominions by 'lie sword, we
have never acquired any territory except bv
fair purchase, or, as in the case of Texa-, by
the voluntary determination of a bravo, I
kindred and independent people to blond I
their destinies with our own. liven our acquisitions
from Mexico form no exception.
Unwilling to take advantage of the fortune
of war against a sister Republic, we purchased
the possessions under the treaty of peace.
for a sum which was considered at the time
a fair equivalent.
Our past history forbids that we shall in
the future acquire territory unless this be
sanctioned by the laws of justice and honor.
Acting on this principle, no nation will have
a right to interfere, or to complain, if, in the
progress of events, we shall still further ex
tend our possessions. Hitherto in all our
acquisitions, the people under the American
(lag. have enjoyed civil and religious liberty,
as well as equal and just laws, and have
been contented, prosperous ami happy.?
T. eir trade with the rest of the world has
rapidly increased, and thus every copimercia!
nation has shared largely in their mic
cessful progress. I shall now proceed to
take the oath prescribed by the Constitution,
whilst humblv invoking the blessing of Divine
Providence on this great people.
Jamks iU'ciiakan.
On concluding bis address, the President
elc^t tgrned towards Chief Justice Taney,
who advanced and extending the Bible toward
Mr. Huchanan, admini-?teied the oath
of office in the tertns presented by the Constitution,
as follows : , .
It T I <1.1 T ?_ ?? S -.1
i ui/ Ai/4cr/?rftty 9ivWP < itfll 1 Will Jill infully
execute the Office of President of the
United States, and will, to the best of my
ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution
of the United States
During the taking of this solemn at testation
the deepest interest was manifested, and
the multitude were stilled in the most earnest
attention. When it was concluded, and
those upon the platform followed the Chief
Justice in congratulating the President elect
upon his accession to office, the spectators
joined in an enthusiastic acclaim of applause,
whilst the swelling music of half a dozen
bands, and the roar of cannon announced
that the important ceremony was completed,
and James Buchanan duly inaugurated as
the fifteenth President of the United States.
After receiving the congratulations of
those surrounding him the President returned
to the Senate Chamber, and was subsequently
conducted by the Senate Committee
to the Presidental Mansion.
The military immediately after re formed
md marched up Pennsvlvar.ia Avenue to
he place of dismissal, after which the companies
proceeded to their several quarters.
JflisrrllnncBiia HUoMttg.
Character Better than Credit.
We often hear young men who have
.mall means, dolefully contrasting their lot
with that of rich men's sons. Yet the long
ir we live, the more we are convinced that
the old merchant was right, who said to us
when we began life, " industry, my lad, is
better than ingots of g"h|, and characte*
more valuable than credit." We could furiish,
if need were, from our own expeiience.
t score of illustrations to prove the truth of
lis remarks. In all branches of business, in
ill U Ui ie lllitna si. - '
viim.ivivri, in iiiu iong run, is
the host capital. Says Poor IiicharJ : The
sound of your hammer at five in the morn
ing, or nine at night, hoard by a creditor,
makes him easy six months longer; but if
lie sees you at a billiard table, or hears voui
voice at a tavern, when you should be a!
work, lie sends for his money the next day.
What is tiue of the young mechanic, is
true also of the young merchant, or the
voting jawyer. . Old and sagacious firmwill
not long continue to give e.edil for
thousands of dollars when they see the pur
chaser, if a young man, driving fa-t horseor
hanging around drinking saloons.?
Clients will not intrust tlieii cases to those
advocates, however brilliant, who frequent
the card table, the wine party or the race
course. It is better, in beginning life, ipse
cure a reputation for industry and probity,
than to oun houses and lands, if with them
you have no character.
A facility of obtaining credit at the onset
is often an injury instead of a benefit. Ii
makes the young beginner too venturesome,
tills him with dreams of too early fortune,
tempts him too much to neglect hard work,
forethought, caution and economy. Excessive
capital is as frequently a snare to young
men, It has almost passed into a proverb,
in consequence, that the sons of rich man I
never make good business men. To succeed
in life we must learn the value of money.
Hut a superfluity of means at the
outset is nearly a certain method of rendering
us insensible to its value. No man ever
grew ricjii who had not learned and practic
ed the adage, " if you take care of the pennies
the dollars will take care of themselves.1'
Knowledge of men, self discipline, a thorough
mastery of our pursuit, and other qu 1
iKcatious, which all persons of experience
look for, are neeossary to give the world security
that a young man is of the right metal.
Capital may be lost, but character never.
Credit once gone, the man without
character falls. Hut he who has earned f.
reputation for capacity, integrity and economy,
even if lie loses his capital, retains his
credit, and rises triumphant over bankruptcy
itself. A man with character can nevei
be ruined. It is the first thing that a young
man should seek to secure; and it may be
h?d by every one who desires it in earnest.
A poor boy with character is more fortunate
by far than a rich man's son without it.
Mr. Wkbstkr on Stvlr ok Writing.?
The following criticism is from one of the
posthumously published letters of Daniel
Webster:
" A book might be written on this little
question : ' When is effect produced by generalization?when
by particularization V
At least a l>ouk might be tilled with opposite
instances of both kinds, from our English
classics, especially the Seiiptines, Shak
speare and Milton. An accurate writer
should avoid generalities sometimes, not al
ways, but when it would require a treatise
to expound. I rejoice to see one rhetorician
who will allow nothing to words but as they 1
are signs of ideas. '1 lie rule is a good one. !
to use no word wliich does not suggest an
idea, or modify some ideH already suggested. |
And this should lead writers to adopt spar
ingly the use of such words as vast, ania/.-1
ing, astonishing, &c. For, what do they
mean? I>r. Watts?who, hy the way, I d->
not deem altogether a bad poet?somewhere
speaks of the flight of an angel as being
wit)} ' 11}oat amazing speed.' Hut what an
idea is conveyed by the mode of expression !
What is ' amazing speed /' It would amaze
us if we saw at. oyster Inoving a mile a day.
k would not amaze us to see a greyhound
run a inile in a minute.
On the other hand, see with what unequalled
skill Milton represents both the distance
'hrongh which, and the speed with
winch, Mulciber fell from heaven :
' From morn
To noon he fell; from noon to <lewv eve,
A summer's day, and with the setting sun,
Dropt from the zenith, like a falling star.'
What art is manifested, it. those few lines!
The object is to express groat distance and
great velopily, neither of which is capable of
very easy suggestion to the human mind
We are toid that the angel fell a <Jay, a long
summer's day ; the day is broken into forenoon
and afteruoon, that the lime may scetn
protracted.
lie dops not roach the earth till sunset;
and then, to represent the velocity, he
' dropt,'one of the very best words in the
language to signify sudden and rapid fall,
and ijjen comes a ainjile, 4 like a falling
tar.'"
The Spectre Fire Ship,
Many years ago, n ship named the Pales*
tine, sailed frum Holland, with a large number
of passengers, hound to a new home in
North America. Soon alter leaving port, it
became generally known that many of the
passengers were wt allliv, and had a large
amount of g<>ld and silver in t^cjr possession.
Three >veelfs elapsed, nhen the cap-,
tain and hi- crew conceived the idea of en*
riching themselves by plundering and mar*
during the inoffensive and unsuspicious par
sons in their power. They first reported tneir
provisions spoiled, but managed to sell hft'd
biscuits for a guinea each. Tlis process was
at length susjiended, anil then disease aw]
famine had full sway. The winds were favorable,
all were not vet dead, and lo ! the
ship was floating off lilock Island. The few
passengers who still survived might still live
to tell their tale of woe, and so the ship
must be d est toyed, with all her living
freight. The captain and crew piled their
ill-gotten wealth in their two yawls, and
having scuttled and set fire to the ship, they
einha.k* d for the neighboring island, and
landed just as the g.eat niKss of flame sank
hissing into the deep. The pirates told the
islanders a plausible story, and for many
months they lived in a house which j* stilj
pointed out to the curious stranger?but it is
a mere ruin. The pirates quarreled,separated,
and 'eft for parts unknown. For many
years thereafter, the house \yas deserted by
ail persons of flesh and blood, but thickly
peopled with gliosis?with pale women iq
white, old men reduced to skeletons, and
children with bloody faces, and whenever
tliey tqade their appouriptce at the witching
time of night, there were heard the most
flight fill ciieg of anguish. In process of
time, however, the spectres all disappeared }
but of late tears, whenever a great storm is
about to lash the ocean into fury, the fire
snip is distinctly seen in tl}u ofiing ; her hull
a mass of cinders, and her sails, sheets of
pure flame. Many old men have looked
qpon this phantom many times, and some
of them allege that they have seen the sufferers
imploring Heaven for succor, and
heard their shrieks of de-pair.?La moan's
Adventures in the Wild? of tf\e United
States.
Who White tub Nkoko Songs ??Tho
principal writer of our national music is sail)
to he Stephen 0. Foster, the author of44 Uncle
Ned," " O Susannah," <kc. Mr. Foster
resides near J'iltishurg, where he occupies a
moderate clerkship, upon w hich, and a per
cent age on the sale of his songs, he depends
for a living, lie writes the poetry as well
as the music of his songs. These are sung
wherever the E;ig!i.-h language is spoken,
while the music is heard wherever men sing,
In the cotton fields of the South, among the
mines of California am) Australia, in the sea
coast cities of China, in Paris, in the Lon?
don prison?everywhere, in fact, his melo-.
dies are heard. " Uncle Ned " was the first,
This was published in 1845, and reached a
sale unknown, till then, in the music pub-,
i lisliing business. Of " The Q|d polks ?V
Home" 100,000 copies have been sold r??
this country, and as many more in England.
"My Kentcky Home" and 44 Old l>og
Tray" each had a sale of about "jfO.OOO,
All his compositions are simple, but they
J are natural and find their way to the oonu
lar heart and link themselves indissoluble
?ith its best associations.
Ill OUT, TO TIIK LETTER. JtldgO R ,
of this State, was some years since engaged
in the defence of a suit against pld Parsoij
C . In the course of the trial, one ?ir
two witnesses testified to one or two facta
concerning the worthy parson, which was
rather derogatory to his character. Judge
R. handled the poor witness without gloves,
and declared " that he had known the old
parson from his boyhood ; had gamboled
with him many a suininei's day in the shady
hills of old M county."
" Oh, Judge," says the parson, "stop. ]
pray you ; if the truth will not clear me, my
case must be bad. If it please the court, I
declare I never gambled in my life,"
A Singular Case?An Eve Foroeo
Knot* rrs Socket.?The Syracu.-e Standard
tells of a man named Kinnov, in that city,
who, while vomiting, forced one of his pmcompletely
out of the socket so that it hang
down upon his cheek. The hall was allowed
to remain in that position several days,
until it finally swelled to an enonpoiH
and the humors of the ere being intercepted
it actually began to mortify. A onvsician
(Dr. Ligh I bell) w a? called in. who succeni?d
in f-Tcii"' t'to eye luiefc. With eatofui
attention, tlie Standard says, the eye will
go on be healed, but the sight is lost forever,
Tiib widow of Mr. Charles Mnirey, an
Aineiican, who was shot by a sentinel iij
tile debtors' prison >f Clichy, in Fiance, has
been presented by the Kmperor Napoleon
with 500,000 fiancs, or $01,000 (i). Di,
CJjadbourne, ?>f Concord, New Hampshire.
I father of Mrs. Moorey. sailed for Live poo|
iu the jast jdosb n steamer.
If you want to a pretty girl, jvh\ k s
her?if you can, If a pretty girl wan.a I.
kiss you, wliy let her?like a mat,.